Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 4, 1916, Page 4

i | & 3 o s i A AR i ] FEE KKK KRR R EE K KKK KK KKK KKK KR K i*#**i*iiliiiii * DRUGS AND/JEWELRY + & BANKING AND SAVINGS - & * % ‘Wholesalers and. Retailers +* -k:Save systematically. Make.use ¥ & *x “‘Service and:satistaction. Mail % - ot our ‘Savings i Department. X & * ““Orders given' that-same “ser- % % We ~welcome “your open-sc- % & Subscrbe for.the.Ploneer & “¥~vice “you “get inperson. %« ¥ _count. - *®. i :BARKER’S ¥ % SECURITY STATE BANK * % * * Third St. ‘Bemidji, Minn. & ‘% ! Bemidji, Minn, x x Y AR KA KR KKK R K KK YRR K KKK K K KK TH KKK KK KKK PR 3 *ii#i!il’ki«k#fil KKK KKK KKK KRR AKX KKK KRR KK KK " R ¥ % iFor‘Farm Insursnce:and % % DWIGHT D.’MILLER & 1R DEAN LAND 09 x x 'Farm Loans; See * ¥ —Special Agent— x ) *x * X #J. P..LAHR % & Midiand Insurance Co., Life, & ojfl] ¥ -Land, Loans, Insurance & % % % Accident, Health:Insurance & [ * -and City. Property * X Lands'Bought-and-Sold % X Agents 'Wanted x f ' Troppman Block Bemidji % x Markham:Hotel. Bldg. * % 116:Third 8t. x - & x x Bemidji, Minn, ¥ & Over:Baker's'Jewelry Store + EHHKKKEKKEKKE KK KKK KKIHK KRR RKE KX KK AR K KKK :*“ll*«!l#i-iiii C: TR KKK LK XXX R K ' * GENERAL MBRCHANDISE ¥ % PPLIES ‘% “BERMAN INS.'AGENCY & & Groceries, Dry Goods,:Shoes, & & T%exggrl;“tg which the : R Farm, Fire, Tornado % % Flour, Feed, etc. ‘The <& X, little ones come .and get & *x Insurance 1 x x -careful buyers % % what they want. l:my x ': Ilalonci1 to.Loan :Landto:fell X & “buy here. & & thing for the school. * t will pay you to know, us & % W.'G. SCHROEDER x X BEMIDJI PIONEER "Phone. 19 ‘Bemidji, Minn. ¥ ¥ Bemidji ~ _Phone 65 ¥ ¥ i OFFICE : KA KKK KKK KK KKK KKK i##iit*‘ii*i*%ll | BROTHERHO0DS WY, FARMERS' WIVES LOGE Democrats Unctuously but Vain- ly Flatter Themselves That Tillers of the :Soil Believe Their Bunk Uplift Laws Will Improve Agricul- tural Conditions. IFARING WORSE THAN LOWLIEST RAILROAD HAND « TONIGHT -- . The Star of “The Coward” The First Triangle Play Shown in Bemldji Frank Keenan In The Thos. H. Ince Production “STEPPING STONES” A-powerful drama of how one man used a woman ‘WITH ‘Chester Conklin IN “BUCKING SOCIETY”’ TParts-—- *'Siondermy -1 Parls Crand 1%-2% Theatre Plight of Women Laborers In :the Fields Described .by President Pope of the Association of State Presi- dents of the Farmers’ Union :as More Deplorable Than -During the Days of Slavery, and ‘Yet Not a Word Was Spoken in the Last Con- gress, Which Is Boasting of Its Farm Legisiation, About the Woman Who Rakes the Hay and Gathers the Sheaves. That .the increase in pay of mem- bers of the four railroad brotherhoods, caused by the-enactment of ‘the:eight- hour day law by Congress, will rest ultimately upon the farmer was:assert- ed by :Henry N. Pope, newly elected president of ‘the Association of State Presidents of the Farmers’ Union, in o ‘statement issued by him. Mr. ‘Pope -declared ‘that the farmers of ‘the country stand for-a fair wage for ‘both ‘1abor :and capital and ‘favor an eight-hour working day, but .that he personally doubted the ‘wisdom of Congress fixing wages for labor :em- ployed by . private enterprise. “I doubt,” :said he, “If it 18 in the inter- est of :either:labor, capital or:the peo- ple:to:make the wage:schedule-of rail- foad employees:a political issue.” The condition of the farmers.of.the country-i8 worse than that of the most lowly railroad. laborer, Mr. Pope stat- ed. with :an average farm income of only $1.47 a day, .out of which must be paid the :expenses of the :family. The condition of women laborers in the fields .he describes as worse than during ‘the days. of :slavery. ‘Not a Word for Farmers. “Not a word has been -spoken by Congress.in defense of the woman who rakes the hay and - gathers the sheaves,” sald Mr. Pope. “Little has been done that has increased the in- come of the farmer or enabled him to pay a higher wage to his laborers. “But today we find the highest paid laborers in the world, making three h 1 innY - These Are “Good-Service” Advertisers Offering you their “good-service” and spending money to tell this commun- ity -about themselves. Why not call them up? I R R R R R N R P R P R e ER Snnnnnnn HOW TO “CAN’” THE GROUCH EAT PURE F00D § from the PURE FOOD STORE We handle a full line of food products that we can guarantee in every instance. If you are looking for a really superior brand in Folur, Coffee, Tea, Meats, Vegetables, in fact, anything in general merchadinse, COME RIGHT TO THIS STORE. We have it for you. I. P. BATCHELDER General Merchandise Minnesota Ave. Phone 180-W Bemid)l, Minn. anmmnmnmnnnnn nHImnnnnnnn = HnnnnnnnsnnnnunnnnnG | Subseribe for The Pioneer x x x x x x * DRY CLEANING % ®x KOORS BROTHERS CO. % &% * * x X x x PHOTOGRAPHER * ¥ Clothes Cleaners for Men & % Bakers and Confectioners ¥ % x * Women and Children * % _Manufacturers and Jobbers ¥ & Photos Bay and Night % * THE MODEL DRY ¥« % Ice Cream, Bakery Goods, & & x x CLEANING HOUSE * ¥ Confectionery,Cigarsand < % N. L. "BAKKERUP * % Hogan Bros, Props. - ¥ % Fountain Goods x x ® * ¥ ¥ 316 Minn. Ave. Phone 126 ¥ * KR KKK EKRKERKR KK KKK KRR KKK KRR KK AR R AR A K EEE KKK KKK EKK KK KK KKK KKK KKK KK KGR AP K *x * x THE TYPEWRITER ¥ % MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. * * x % RIBBON STORE x x ‘Wholesale .and. Retail x ¥« BROSVIK. THE TAILOR ¥ % * & 'Planos, Organs and :Sewing & x ¥« ¥ THE PIONEER OFFICE % X Machines x * Phone 438 k % Ribbons for all makes.of & « 117 Third St. Bemidji « * ® x machines. All colors. x x Phone 573-W * ® x ¥ Still 76c each. x & J.:BISIAR, ‘Manager * ERE KKK EE KK KEK KK KKK KRR R IOR KA KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK K RER LTSRS Get A . S N Y o | Typowriter Ribbons Bstn | e, | Girbon Papr Pencil Pointer | gy;shoi:gto.n t.: aq&"’&xifi"&fi'&’i Second Sheets - | kotw's million amd-a haf dotimrmatc | Paperineveryconcalvableforn SI 90 -alleged ‘for “overflow:of lands. This is the ‘first-admission -officially:made . Phone 922 made ‘of .the suit by the state,~which ] was reported from . North Bakota 115 . Phone 922 f several months ago. 3 PmNEEn UFFIGE ' W%k 2k % ———————————— W 0% 2k W N % _crease, .and Congress hastening to for another levy of farm mothers from through ‘organization.” | gress 'had :thrust' upon: the people of -organized labor mow -stands commit-; .he _said, .should fix wages for all :should thave . the ;pewer .to decrease | as:well:as to: increase wages to reme- ‘ployees,. from railroad president to sec- -'which ;presents -:eonclusive evidence -wage -seale.-of -xailroad. employees: {1 help you-sell it! Like getting back home for Thanksgiving— they satisfy! « Thanksgiving with the old folks at home—it does satisfy! For your smoking, Chesterfields do the same thing—they satisfy / But Chesterfields .are MILD, too—that’s the wonder of:it. Don’t expect this new cigarette enjoyment (safisfy, yet mild) from any .cigarette but Chesterfields, be- cause no cigarette blend—an entirely maker can copy the Chesterfield new.combination. of tobaccos and the biggest discovery in cigarette making in 20 years. “Give me a package of those cigarettes that SATISFY.” times' more money than a Tarimer,:de- | manding twenty-five per cent in- the zend, rest upon the back of the farmer and will reduce his income, increase .his hours of labor, and call the home to the field. “The ‘farmers- of this nation must' fight to hold what they have and to get what is rightfully ‘theirs from the .government. We must do it Mr. Pope-stated that by the enact- mentof i the :eight:hour- day law Con- the ‘country a 'newresponsibility and ted to the principle of government reg- ulation of wages. ‘The government, classes .of railroad employees and dy comparative inequalities. “Square Deal” for All “In-my" opinion,” “he -continued, “the next: session of Congress:should read- Just 'the wages of -all railroad em- tion /laborer, :giving .all a .square deal and fixing .a schedule of pay based upon -business .Justice .and human rights. I submit a schedule of wages taken from:official government reports -of the inequalities of the present daily “General “officers, :$16.11 ; .other: offi- cers, $6.49 ; general office:clerks, $2:58 ; station -agents, $2.37; -other -station men, $1:99 ;-enginemen, $5.28; ‘firemen, $3.23; ‘conductors, $4.49; other train- men; ~$3.11; all :shopmen, “$2.37, - and trackmen,’ $1.50.” Mr. Pope~deeclared: that . the’ forego- |ing schedule:showed: that the 850,000 section hands-in the country were con- demned to-a life-of poverty. He said he believed that/Congress, having un- dertaken to regmlate .the wages of higher paid ‘employees,-should review |’ their wages, XK EE AR KKK EE KR A glance at the:want oolumn mey IERLEEEREEEE &8 & ¥ Sausage Linked goodness long drawn out, aptly describes the sausage you : will find at our market. But you can have it in either links or bulk, and of a vari- ety that will meet every taste. In it there is used only the best and ~most carefully selected meats. It will tempt your -appetite. ~ . PALACE MEAT MARKET Phone 200 lllIlIIIlIIllIIIIlIIlIIlIIIIllIllllll||lllil|lllllllllll IHRnnunnun IIIIIIIIIIIII== FOR g All Kind Of Wood-=Wholesale and Retall ° ‘SEE Geo.'H. French & Son Hotel Buil Phones: Offie m%"m e it E AT i